Thank you, John Johnson, for your letter regarding the debt in Mitchell and Winnebago counties ("Thankful to live in Hancock County," Jan. 3). In the past eight years, I have argued against the use of ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. Letters are good for opposing the code change and development, but action is now needed The ...

It’s that time again. Time for “our prayers are with you”. Time for inane, repetitive editorials about how we “must do something” about guns. Time for congress people to avoid any mention of the ...

We are going to cut taxes. Sound familiar? It's the oldest Republican slogan and now that voters believed it, the results are in: Midyear budget cuts and midyear borrowing. Whose taxes were cut? The ...

For a few years, every time there was a mass shooting at a school, a place of worship, a nightclub, a place of employment or anywhere else where innocent people were gunned down, or when children were ...

On Nov. 8, we will have a national election that will have serious consequences for each party and its candidates. Groups are still casting doubt on the election process, even though no fraud or ...

Our country spends too much time dealing with a presidential election every four years. It seems the campaigning never ends. A presidential campaign is expensive and time-consuming. With the ...

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As we enter yet another iteration of the game “Debt Ceiling Chicken,” many of us are left wondering how we got here. In actuality, it may have been inevitable.

A recent letter suggested rethinking the Skyway as a recreation site rather than tearing it down. Lest you think there is only one “crazy person” out there subscribing to such a notion, there are at ...

I’ve taken the liberty to apply two small edits to a 1967 song by Bob Dylan; “I pity the poor President, who wishes he would’ve stayed home. Who uses all his power to do evil, but in the end is always ...